Mark 3:23

And he called them together, and he said to them in parables, How may Satan cast out Satan? (or How can Satan throw out Satan?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

In Context

22And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem, said, That he hath Beelzebub, and that in the prince of devils he casteth out fiends. (And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the Prince of demons he throweth out demons.)

24And if a realm be parted against itself, that realm may not stand. (And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.)

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4I shall bow down mine ear into a parable; I shall open my reason set forth in a psaltery. (I shall listen closely to a parable; then I shall set forth my understanding on a lute.)

Matthew 12:25And Jesus, witting their thoughts, said to them, Each kingdom parted against itself, shall be desolated, [or shall be desolate], (or Each kingdom divided against itself, shall be destroyed), and each city, or house, parted against itself, shall not stand.

Mark 4:2And he taught them in parables many things. And he said to them in his teaching,

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:23-31

The Blasphemy of the Scribes. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a… Read the whole commentary →

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